Lego robot plays Super Mario Bros...and wins

the apocolyptic visions of the future i'm sure didn't include legomario

I had some hope of being superior to, at least, Legos...(sigh)

Damn. At first I thought it was actively watching the screen and knowing when to jump/etc but I think they're just having it push buttons on a timer.

I'm sure something like the technology used in Soul Calimeter ( http://homepage.mac.com/mschrag/SoulCalimeter/ ) could be used to make the robot ACTUALLY play SMB.

Even still, I find this impressive :)

I like how at the talent show there were 3 people sitting in front of a T.V. Looks like a big deal!!

cool

Wow, how humbling.

But if you think about it, it's got an amazing potential for hardware/software testing combinations (at affordable prices).

Black tron and kupa

what could be better

Amazing... I was at least hoping that it would look like something. Didn't you know that humans have a hard time relating to anything that doesn't have a face. Stick one of those little yellow heads on it or something.

Hate to nit pick, but the plural of Lego is Lego.

i just wanted the world to know that these two wonderful inventions are at the top of my Christmas list, lol

okay, bye now.
-jonathan

One could make a lego robot that manipulates the controls of.. another lego robot.. I'm not going any further.

I at least wanted some video, or directions.

What a let down, we don't even know if it actually works.

I really don't think this project is worthy of engadget. Like Randy said, we should at least have some video. Anyone can setup lego mindstorm to play a sequence. It sounded cool, yet was completely unfullfilling.

anyone complaining about this project is a fag. This project is awesome let me recap -- legos, nintendo, SMB!!! Is there a better combination?

Actually, we made two programs for the first level... one was for speed, and in the other Mario grabs all the stars, extra life, mushrooms and flowers. Its funny though, our professor told us that this project was impossible to create, as all the other robots were performing actions like: throwing a ping-pong ball, and driving through an enclosed track... well we showed him otherwise and then won the lego contest with this crazy contraption!

-Matt The Co-Creator

ps. The robot does work, but we had to dismantle it because the actual Legos were property of Middlebury College... so sad.

Glad to know people are interested though....

I THINK THIS IS A COOL INVENTION! YOU SHOULD MAKE A LEGO ROBOT THAT CAN BEAT MADDEN 06! OR THAT MIGHT BE WAY IN THE FUTURE, BUT I'LL BE WAITING UNTIL THEN, FLEA